03 November 2009

The Illusion of Freedom




Just look at a teenager’s to do list: 

Go to school
Hang out
Talk on the phone
Try to get laid



Just look at an adult’s to do list: 

Wake up the husband
Wake up the children
Wake up the husband again
Make breakfast for people who always want something else
Take children to school
Take husband to work because his driver’s licence was revoked
Go to work and hope a natural disaster closes the place down that day
Take son to ballet class
Take daughter to football practice
Retrieve husband’s shirt that he stained when he got drunk at the office party from the cleaners
Retrieve the car from the shop after somebody hit it because they were too stressed to pay attention
Go to the gynecologist
Go to the dentist
Go to the oncologist
Go to the proctologist
Go to the psychiatrist
Do all the grocery shopping for a house full of people
Retrieve son from ballet class
Retrieve daughter from football practice
Retrieve husband from his dead-end job 
Make dinner that nobody appreciates
Pay whichever bills have the highest interest rates/late penalties
Fall asleep at 9pm because you’re too exhausted to stay awake and balance the bankbook

4 comments:

Sasha said...

Agreed 100%.

MagicAlex said...

I think the only moment of real freedom is when you're on your deathbed. You know you're going to die soon, you have no responsibilities, nothing on your calendar, that's when you can really say whatever you want without consequences.

Jie Yi said...

Freedom comes when you have enough money to be free.

Mia said...

Money is the antithesis of freedom.